When an employee comes late to the office, an internal attribution will occur if there is low ______, low _____, and high _____.
A) consensus; consistency; extinction
B) consensus; distinctiveness; consistency
C) consistency; distinctiveness; consensus
D) extinction; consistency; distinctiveness
E) consensus; consistency; distinctiveness

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According to attribution theory, when making attributions about someone's behavior, we take into account three factors: consensus (how do other people behave in the same situation?), distinctiveness (does this person behave differently in different situations?), and consistency (does this person behave the same way in similar situations over time?). When an employee comes late to the office, if there is low consensus (other employees arrive on time), low distinctiveness (this employee is often late to work), and high consistency (this employee is consistently late to work), an internal attribution will occur. Choice B is the only option that includes all three factors in the correct order.

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